iti54:0.1So It Was Said 54
iti54:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti54:0.3Chapter One
iti54:0.4Searches (1st)
iti54:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti54:2.1“Mendicants, there are these three searches.
iti54:2.2What three?
iti54:2.3The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.
iti54:2.4These are the three searches.”
iti54:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti54:2.6On this it is said:
iti54:3.1“Stilled, aware,
iti54:3.2a mindful disciple of the Buddha
iti54:3.3understands searches,
iti54:3.4the cause of searches,
iti54:4.1where they cease,
iti54:4.2and the path that leads to their ending.
iti54:4.3With the ending of searches, a mendicant
iti54:4.4is hungerless, quenched.”
iti54:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.